BLACK
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RECORDER BBR1U
- Quick Start Guide
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Adjusting Settings
All user definable settings are adjusted using the MENU and BACK buttons and the data wheel. Parameters are
displayed on a RED background whilst being adjusted. The MENU button takes you deeper into the MENU structure or
selects the currently highlighted item for adjustment. The BACK button takes you out of the MENU structure.
The MENU button also doubles as a CONFIRM button and the BACK button doubles as CANCEL.
Rear Panel
The rear panel will look slightly different depending on which style of audio interface you have on your BlackBox
Recorder. The areas indicated in the diagram below are explained in more detail later in the manual.
The lower 3 D-type connectors are the main unbalanced Analogue i/o connectors on the BBR1U. Signal levels are as
follows and can be adjusted in the Setup MENU
Setting
LOW
PRO
Nominal level
-10dBu
+4dBu
Headroom above nominal level
14dB
18dB
0dBFS (when digital clipping occurs)
+4dBu
+22dBu
The BBR1U allows you to plug up to eight external effects processors (such as compressors or gates) into the signal
chain using the Loop Thru Insert Points. These are fixed on channels 17 thru 24. If the signal that you need to process is
on channel 6 (for example), re-plug the cable looms at your insert points such that the relevant channel appears on one
of the available Loop Thru Insert Points on the back of the BBR1.
You may want to plug a pair of headphones into the headphone socket. The data wheel then acts as a volume control
for the headphones only. Holding the BACK button while using the data wheel allows the headphones to be used to solo
pairs of channels.
You may need to synchronise the BBR1 to other equipment.
Linear Time Code (LTC) or MIDI Time Code (MTC) can be used to provide a timestamp for the audio files you record.
The BBR1 can also lock to an External Digital Audio Clock. It is very important that you understand about clocking digital
audio systems before you start to use external clock signals. This is explained in much more detail in the user manual.
You may want to name the songs and the tracks that you record in which case you will require a keyboard with a PS2
connector. Ctrl+S allows you to rename Songs; Ctrl-T allows you to name tracks.
The rest of the rear panel and other operational matters are explained in greater detail in the user manual.
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